Head of Marketing: Homeware Division at TFG (The Foschini Group)

Head of Marketing: HOMEWARE DIVISION: 

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Strategic Marketer to Head up Marketing for the Homeware Division.  

This position requires a high-energy, self-motivated, analytical, agile individual with strong people and project management skills. The successful applicant must be comfortable with working in a dynamic, diverse, fast paced, continually evolving and results-driven environment.

As a Head of Marketing, your key responsibilities will be:

• Full ownership and accountability for the Homeware Division Communication and Marketing Strategy
• Develop and execute a marketing strategy aligned to the Business strategy and imperatives supported by data and analytics
• Collaborate effectively with other members of the @home management team, to effectively execute and support the Business Strategy
• Ensure successful execution of marketing and VM strategy in store and online in collaboration with other stakeholders
• Drive Omni-channel vision within the Division giving customers consistent engagement/experience across all channels
• Lead and manage all marketing content for in-store and online for optimal excellence in customer experience
• Develop key strategic partnerships/collaborations aligned to the @home Customer profile
• Provide Market Intelligence
• Develop and ensure execution of content across all social/digital platforms 
• Develop and manage a comprehensive Product Communications strategy
• Champion improvement of internal communication, particularly to stores
• Campaign Management & Measurement
• Reputation Management
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Ensure that assigned team is effectively resourced, directed, motivated and developed to enable team members to reach their full potential
• Drive and develop the performance of the team to achieve objectives and effectively manage performance issues or concerns
• Contribute to the delivery of an enhanced Strategic Marketing competence within TFG
• Drive digital transformation within marketing
• Demonstrate the success and power of a diverse and inclusive teams

Requirements:

• Passionate about people
• Minimum 8 years working experience at a senior management level, incl. Marketing and Digital Strategy/ Team management/ Stakeholder/Supplier management/Store Operations
• Ability to drive change, persuade and influence both internal and external stakeholders (without direct authority)
• Demonstrate a high level of maturity, emotional intelligence and insight into diverse teams
• Ability to work comfortably at both a strategic and operational levels
• Ability to work well under pressure and deliver to aggressive deadlines, incl. problem solving
• High levels of Agility to flex and adapt to changing business requirements
• Ability to understand and interpret data, recognise trends and patterns
• Needs to be comfortable with ambiguity
• Ability to filter information and extract what is important
• Ability to observe and interpret human/Customer behaviour
• Have an enquiring mind and a sense of curiosity
• Ability to share knowledge and develop other as well as being humble and curious to learn from others.

Preference will be given, but not limited to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.